About Us

For more in depth information about the shops, please visit our section of the Risley (Welcome to the Castle!) Campus Groups page. Here you will find information about which shops we have and who to contact if you would like to do work in them. Further, please find the application for becoming a Shops Manager on THIS campus groups page, under surveys and forms. Thank you!

Within Risley, The Shops have historically been student run, allowing all possible creativity and use. However, student safety is at risk without proper training and knowledge. Therefore, we have created The Risley Ministry of Arts and Shops to balance student safety and student use. The mission of the Risley Ministry for Arts and Shops Development (RMASD) is to promote safety throughout the shop spaces, promote communication among residents, student volunteer managers, residential staff, professional staff, and the public, and promote documentation with standard operating procedures, inventories, and minutes. The Ministry also seeks to progress and develop the Risley Shops into a functioning space for artists and performers of both Risley and the University as a whole.

(This organization is a registered student organization of Cornell University.)